Trailer: ‘Apollo 18′

A trailer has been released for Apollo 18, a documentary-style, “found-footage” sci-fi thriller produced by Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, NightWatch) and Michele Wolkoff, president of development for Bekmambetov Projects, Ltd. Apollo 18 is directed by Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego (El Rey De La Montana) from a screenplay written by Brian Miller and is financed by the Weinstein Company and will be released on April 22nd 2011. Hit the jump to check out the trailer.

Synopsis:

Officially, Apollo 17, launched December 17th, 1972 was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later, in December of 1973, two American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies its authenticity, others say it’s the real reason we’ve never gone back to the moon.